
During a Tuesday Senate Labor, Health and Human Services subcommittee hearing, U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) accused Brown University of violating the Clery Act, leading to the shooting death of student Ella Cook, of Mountain Brook, in December 2025.

1819 News stayed on top of news statewide in 2025, bringing the latest from the Alabama Legislature, covering how President Donald Trump’s administration directly benefited Alabamians and diving deep into some of the state’s most controversial issues.

Cathedral Church of the Advent live-streamed the funeral service for Ella Cook, the 19-year-old Mountain Brook woman who was killed in the Brown University shooting on December 13.

During an appearance on Saturday's broadcast of "Wake Up America Weekend" on Newsmax TV, State Rep. David Faulkner (R-Mountain Brook) discussed his connection to the late Ella Cook, a Brown University sophomore from Mountain Brook, who was allegedly shot and killed by Claudio Neves Valente, a 48-year-old Portuguese national and former Brown student.

This tragic shooting weighed the university in the balance, and they were found wanting. Ella Cook, Mukhammad Umurzokov, and Nuno Loureiro lost their lives because of it.

Final arrangements have been finalized for 19-year-old Ella Cook, the Mountain Brook woman who was killed in a tragic shooting on the campus of Brown University.

The family of Ella Cobbs Cook published a powerful and heartbreaking tribute to the young woman who inspired the masses.

The Archdiocese of Mobile released a statement from Archbishop Mark S. Rivituso, responding to the death of Ella Cook, a Mountain Brook woman killed while in a shooting at Brown University this weekend.

During a Tuesday appearance on "The Benny Show" with Benny Johnson, U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) discussed the recent murder of Mountain Brook native Ella Cook, who was killed on Brown University's campus by an unknown assailant over the weekend.

Governor Kay Ivey ordered flags be flown at half-staff until sunset on Friday in memory of Brown University shooting victim Ella Cook.

News of a horrific shooting at Brown University in Rhode Island hit close to home in Alabama on Sunday after it was revealed that Mountain Brook native Ella Cook was one of the two victims killed.

The Mountain Brook woman who was killed in the Brown University shooting was the vice president of the school’s Republican club and was likely targeted, according to multiple sources. Ella Cook was one of two shot and killed on Saturday while studying with a group of students.

A Birmingham church confirmed one of the two people killed in the Brown University shooting on Saturday was from Alabama.